The Characteristics of Wa Music

Wa folk songs are mostly feather tones and sign tones, and the melodies are generally La, do, re, or so, do, re, which are the backbone tones, with a low range and a narrow range. Termination is characterized by homophones. The rhythm is dominated by regular two beats. The structure is mostly a single paragraph corresponding to the upper and lower sentences or a complex paragraph composed of two pairs of upper and lower sentences, and it is slightly changed and repeated; Others add a swing cavity at the beginning of the song or a lining cavity at the end of the song. The form of singing is mainly solo or chorus, in which the lead part is improvisational and the harmony part is fixed. All festivals and entertainments are accompanied by simple dance movements and percussion. Lyrics like to use metaphors and prefer to add direct narration. ?

The Wa people's common folk musical instruments are drums, drums, bronze drums, gongs, lusheng, bamboo harp, three-stringed instruments (similar to the Wa people's three-stringed instruments) and soloists.